Financial Return No. 6
In the following table the actual expenditure for the year 1937 is compared with the expenditure for the previous year and with the estimates for 1937:
Heads of Expenditure. Actual 1936, Estimates, 1937. Actual 1937. His Excellency the Governor $148,206.83 196,786 194,814.98 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature 298,056.67 347,553 297,082.33 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 139,948.00 166,682 130,757.37 Treasury 249,412.48 292,474 301,692.79 Audit Department 103,475.36 124,473 121,973.02 District Office, North 76,712.39 90,742 75,107.19 District Office, South 48,207.58 55,213 48,189.50 Communications:-- (a) Post Office 497,480.28 819,432 787,756.06 (b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Service 162,473.44 183,956 181,934.17 Imports and Exports Office 428,609.81 486,782 458,006.78 Harbour Department 1,071,595.55 1,136,235 1,035,967.77 Do. Air Service 41,303.58 70,148 51,930.16 Royal Observatory 71,416.17 85,635 83,970.09 Fire Brigade 293,162.54 311,797 328,892.56 Supreme Court 227,937.26 260,412 234,819.59 Attorney General's Office 66,665.52 78,065 79,864.88 Crown Solicitor's Office 44,532.29 63,000 57,718.06 Official Receiver's Office 24,884.40 25,745 21,270.10 Land Office 51,649.56 65,930 67,992.54 Magistracy, Hong Kong 62,112.57 71,886 74,494.80 Do., Kowloon 56,870.92 70,002 51,766.36 Police Force 2,830,635.56 3,288,226 3,109,696.18 Prisons Department 884,851.02 1,018,559 1,021,593.04 Medical Department 1,584,327.25 2,140,665 2,018,137.44 Sanitary Department 929,189.28 Botanical & Forestry Department 125,355.53 132,193.47 Education Department 1,861,899.93 2,138,140 1,009,439.35 Kowloon-Canton Railway 726,173.59 766,300 831,129.04 Defence:-- (a) Volunteer Defence Corps 137,707.79 158,369 153,373.62 (b) Naval Volunteer Force 32,296.18 42,914 39,220.86 (c) Military Contribution 4,281,239.94 5,379,660 5,586,415.34 Miscellaneous Services 1,485,702.98 1,632,830 1,628,719.69 Charitable Services 183,635.87 182,927 214,920.04 Charge on Account of Public Debt 1,390,831.00 1,371,231 1,371,230.98 Pensions Public Works Department Recurrent 2,287,745.64 2,200,000 2,559,809.79 Do., Extraordinary 2,245,004.29 2,584,733 2,436,112.31 1,309,311.51 1,486,500 1,768,369.96 TOTAL..... $29,513,520.08 32,259,160 32,111,222.28 3,052,899.52 1,642,030 1,510,298.07 $26,460,620.56 30,617,130 30,600,924.21